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MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CORONET FOREST ARROWTOWN JANUARY 2017 Prepared for: Queenstown Lakes District Council & Central Otago District Council Prepared By: Briana Pringle, BForSc, Parks and Reserves Officer (Forestry), Queenstown Lakes District Council. 1 2 CONTENTS SUMMARY 5 DISCLAIMER 6 BACKGROUND 7 LEGAL DESCRIPTION/JOINT VENTURE 7 LAND RENTAL 8 SITE CHARACTERISTICS 8 VEGETATION 9 CURRENT USE OF THE FOREST 9 DISTRICT PLAN & DESIGNATION 9 EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME (ETS) 10 MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES 11 FOREST AREA 11 PRE HARVEST INVENTORY – YIELD ANALYSIS/EXPECTED YIELD 12 FOREST VALUE 14 WILDING CONTROL 15 PROPOSED SIGNIFICANT NATURAL AREAS 20 FIRE 21 FENCING, TRACKING AND ROADING 22 HARVEST PLAN BEST PRACTICES, HEALTH AND SAFETY 23 HARVEST PLAN 23 HARVESTING AND MARKETING OF THE FOREST 24 DOUGLAS FIR ESSENTIAL OIL AND BIO FUELS 24 3 REVEGETATION REVEGETATION OBJECTIVES 26 NATIVE/GREY SHRUB LAND RESTORATION 27 REVEGETATION OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME 30 LAND PREPARATION 30 MAINTENANCE WILDING AND WOOD WEED CONTROL 31 REVEGETATION COST 32 APPENDIX 34 MAPS 34 4 SUMMARY This management plan has been prepared by QLDC and describes the management proposals and revegetation recommended for a 2017 harvest. This plan uses estimates based on recent industry averages, conventional harvest engineering methodology and current knowledge. The QLDC and CODC have an opportunity to harvest the Coronet Forest before full maturity, in order to mitigate the wilding threat and re-establish the site with more suitable vegetation. A full harvest now is a solution for dealing with the wider wilding spread that retention of the Forest will inevitably continue to contribute. Just harvesting the oldest stands will not solve the problem as the younger stands at the top of the Forest will continue to spread seed in high winds. The Forest remains a significant seed source and contributor to the wilding pine issue. Future regulation arising from initiatives such as the Regional Pest Management Strategy (RPMS) may require the QLDC and CODC to reduce or eliminate the spread of Douglas fir from the Forest. This includes potentially being liable for lands outside the Forest now affected by infestations. Some private landowners who own sizable wilding plantations are reluctant to participate in programs to remove the trees on the grounds that the Council is a massive wilding seed contributor. If a harvest now is implemented, these landowners may be willing to remove their trees. In 2016 a more detailed survey of the wilding spread from the Cornet Forest was completed, this report increased the control area from 4km behind the Forest to 10km (and now included Crown Peak and the faces along the Crown Range). The cost to control the spread from the Forest if it was harvested at maturity (youngest stands in 2039) has increased to an estimated $8.5 million to control around 5,500 ha of infested land. The harvest plan provides a breakdown of staging within the Forest and gives an overview of the proposed road and landing locations as well at the harvest method throughout the Forest (ground based or cable) and direction of extraction. It has been projected that the harvest will produce 67,940 m/3 of recoverable log product from the Forest. The duration of the harvest has been estimated to be around a two-year duration, given the current market and the economics of harvesting most of the crop may be destined for an export market. There is an opportunity for the community to realise additional valuable products from the Forest such as firewood, bio fuels and essential oil. The expected volume and log grade output calculated from the pre harvest inventory did not assess these products as the current local market is unknown. This management plan primarily investigates the log resource which the forest was grown for and there will be opportunities to investigate these markets further. The agreement between QLDC and CODC is a joint venture for the one rotation of the forest, there is no obligation for CODC to remain in partnership with QLDC post-harvest or to re-establish or revegetate the land. Revegetation of the site is subject to conditions under the Emissions trading scheme and also the Operative and Proposed District Plans. 5 As the Coronet Forest is very prominent within the Wakatipu Basin, one of the key objective of the revegetation program is to promote vegetation the site as soon as possible after harvest to reduce the visual disturbance of the site. Another is to prevent the establishment of competing woody weeds, especially Douglas fir seedlings. The plan is to establish 30% the site with planted beech forest, a further 10% of the site will be planted in grey shrub-land species and at higher altitudes tussock alpine species. The remaining 60% of the site will be revegetated with introduced grasses initially to supress woody weeds, but to promote the establishment of a vegetation cover across the site. Control of Douglas fir on the site is key in establishing a second rotation crop, not only does Douglas fir have to be controlled within the harvested area, but all seeding sources surrounding the forest will need to be removed to create a successful indigenous vegetation cover. The planting will occur over three to four years and the plan is to carry out weed control over a ten year period from harvest. DISCLAIMER QLDC has compiled this plan and its associated financial analysis. Much of the information used to calculate costs and revenues is best estimate of what will be incurred or earned in future years. These estimates are based on recent industry averages, conventional harvest engineering methodology and current knowledge. Actual returns from this investment may be different from the returns calculated in this plan due to uncontrollable events. 6 BACKGROUND LOCATION Coronet Forest is located on the lower slopes of Coronet Peak close to Arrowtown. The site is steep with a southerly aspect and rises to about 650 meters above sea level. The Forest is accessed by Alan Reid Road which is a metalled public road off Malaghans Road. The land adjoins pastoral lease land to the north, run by Coronet Peak Station, and rural residential land to the south. Arrowtown Township is 1 km to the east. The Forest is highly visible throughout the Wakatipu Basin (Figure 1). Figure 1: Aerial of Coronet forest LEGAL DESCRIPTION/JOINT VENTURE The trees occupy an effective Net Stocked Area of approximately 172 ha on four separate Titles with a combined total area of 422.08 ha. The legal description of the land the Forest occupies is: Lot 1 DP 24277 and Lots 1 and 2 DP 21922 and Section 24 Block XVII and Section 23 Block XVIII Shotover Survey District, comprised within Certificate of Title 16B/451 of the Otago Registry. 7 The land is encumbered by lease 617100 to the Central Otago District Council (CODC) and Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) for a term of 60 years from the 1st April 1983. The registered owner of the property is QLDC 1. The agreement between the QLDC and CODC is a joint venture and the asset is shared 75% with the QLDC, and 25% with CODC. The lease shall continue until the joint venture property is sold or otherwise disposed of, current management costs are split 75/25 between the QLDC and CODC. LAND RENTAL The land is owned by the Queenstown Lakes District Council, and is under rental to the joint venture. The most recent valuation at 13th March 2008 valued the current market rental value of the land at $20,000 per annum. The area of land rented is 413ha (Figure 1), only the southern face contains forest, the remainder of the land is not currently administered. The land has an east to west ridgeline running through it; the unplanted land is north facing falling towards Bush Creek, and is now populated with scattered young wilding Doulas fir. The land directly to the east has wilding Larch, Douglas fir and Sycamore present. SITE CHARACTERISTICS Soils: The south facing slope has Brown Dunstan soils, with moderate fertility, but are very good forest soils. The north facing slope consists of Pallic Arrow soils with low fertility. The soils are prone to wind and sheet erosion, severe frost heave, and some landslides. Climate: The average rainfall is 901-1,250 mm and the average air temperature is 8.5 -9 degrees Celsius (Otago Grow 2016). Altitude: The Forest lies between an altitude of 500 metres and 1100 metres above sea level. Topography: The topography of this Forest is a relatively uniform lower mountain slope of moderate to steep contour, and with a number of shelves of easy contour. There is an historic slip near the middle of the Forest which is slowly being stabilised by the trees. Rock outcrops occur on some ridges and spurs, but the site is not excessively rocky. Geology: Coronet Forest is close to a number of smaller fault lines such as the Shotover fault. The underlying rock formation on Coronet Forest is metamorphic rock of the Haast Schist Group – 1 The lease was originally between the Arrowtown Borough Council (as Lessor), the Alexandra Borough Council, the Arrowtown Borough Council, and the Queenstown Borough Council (as lessees). A deed dated 1993 transferred the ownership to QLDC and lessee to QLDC & CODC. 8 Chlorite subzone 4, which is coarsely foliated schist including some biotite schist, from the Permian to Carboniferous periods. VEGETATION The original vegetation (before planting) was a mixture of tussock and introduced grasses, some native shrub species including Matagouri and Tutu, with and extensive cover of the introduced weed Sweet Briar, and Broom in the lower altitudes.
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